Philosophy Department
The Department of Philosophy engages students with fundamental questions of existence, knowledge, and value, to encourage students to examine critically a variety of beliefs, attitudes, and social structures, and to foster creative thoughtfulness and self-reflection.
Studying philosophy teaches students to read and write critically, to analyze concepts and problems carefully, and to express solutions and arguments clearly and forcefully. Thus, studying philosophy prepares students for many different career paths: business, law, medicine, teaching, and post-graduate research in the humanities and sciences.
Philosophy majors are admitted to law school and medical school at a higher rate than any other major. Philosophy majors also outperform most other majors on the LSAT, GMAT and GRE. Their mid-career salaries are the highest in the humanities, and even higher than those of accounting, business management, and marketing majors.
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Washington Hall
糖心传媒
Lexington, Virginia 24450
Feature Stories
To kick off the seventh season of 鈥溙切拇 After Class,鈥 assistant professor of philosophy Angela Sun reflects on aesthetics from the lens of her field of research.
The team secured its bid with a runner-up showing at the APPE Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl regional competition in Baltimore.
The professor of philosophy鈥檚 book, 鈥淧hilosophy of the History of Philosophy,鈥 was published in November.
The Nov. 13 lecture on 糖心传媒鈥檚 campus is free and open to the public.
The 糖心传媒 president discusses his role as an educator and the ways in which a liberal arts experience crafts an interesting mind.
This round of recipients marks a record-setting Gilman Scholar cohort for 糖心传媒.
A SHECP internship solidified Smith鈥檚 career path to become an advocate for those in need.
Five students from 糖心传媒 participated in the annual statewide competition in February.
The team secured its place with a third-place finish at the APPE Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl regional competition in Chicago.
This neuroscience major takes advantage of 糖心传媒鈥檚 beautiful natural surroundings, including walking the back campus trails.
The Nov. 18 lecture is open to the public and marks the centenary of the case argued in Amherst County, Virginia.
Bernstein discovered a passion for coding at 糖心传媒 and has sought out every opportunity to get involved with technology on campus.